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CONTENTS 


1.      Inter-Racial    Commission. 

(The  women  members  of  the  State  Com- 
mittees have  not  yet  all  been  named.) 

2-     Foreword. 

3.  Findings,    (signed  by  Findings   Commit- 
tee). 

4.  Continuation  Committee. 

5.  Attendance  by  States 

6-     Suggestions  for  Inter-Racial  Committees 
in  Denominational  and  Other  Agency  Societies. 

7.     Suggestions  for  State,  Count}7  and  Com- 
jmunity  Committees. 

S.     Words  of  Appreciation. 

9.     Bibliography. 


Commission  of  Inter-Racial 
Co-Operation 

List   of   Members   as   of  February  15,  1921. 


JOHN  J.  EAGAN,  Chairman. 

R.   H.  KING,  Director. 

WILL  W.  ALEXANDER,  Associate   Director. 

ALABAMA 

Dr.  R-  H.  McCASLIN— Pastor  First  Presby- 
terian  Churdh,   Montgomery. 

Hon.  JOHN  D.  RATHER— Attorney,  Tuscum- 
bia.. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  CRANFORD— Member  Woman's 
Continuation    Committee,    Jasper. 

Mr.  M.  W.  LEE— State  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
1412  Jefferson  County  Bank  Building, 
Birmingham. 

Major  R.  R.  MOTON—  Pres-ident  Tuskegee 
Institute,   Tuskegee- 

ARKANSAS 

Dr.   J.    H.    REYNOLDS— President    Hendrioks 

College,   Conway. 
Mrs.     J.     G.     JACKSON— Member     Woman's 

Continuation    Committee,   404   Donaghey 

Building,    Little    Rock. 
Air.  JOHN   L.   HUNTER— State    Secretary  Y. 

M.   C.  A.,  A.  O.  U.  W.   Building,  Little 

Rock- 

FLORIDA 

Dr.  J.  G.  VENABLE— Pastor  Riverside  Pres- 
byterian   Church,   Jacksonville. 

Hon.  A.  W.  COCKRELL,  JR.— Attorney, 
Cockrell  &   Cockrell,  Jacksonville. 

GEORGIA 

Mr.  JOHN  J.  EAGAN— Manufacturer,  Citizens 
and    Southern    Bank    Building,    Atlanta- 

Dr.  PLATO  DURHAM— Minister  and  Pro- 
fessor Emory  University,  1056  Ponce  de 
Leon    Avenue,    Atlanta. 

Dr.  M.  ASHBY  JONES— Pastor  Ponce  de 
Leon  Baptist  Church,  591  Ponce  de 
Leon  Avenue,  Atlanta- 

Dr.  C  B.  WILMER— Rector  St.  Luke's  Epis- 
copal Church,  700  Piedmont  Avenue,  At- 
lanta. 

Mrs.  J.  D-  HAMMOND— Director  of  Southern 
Publicity  Bureau,  Box  462,  I  slip,  N.  Y. 

Dr.  WILL  W.  ALEXANDER— Associate  Di- 
rector Commission  on  Inter-Racial  Co- 
operation, 1612  Candler  Building,  At- 
lanta. 

Hon.  E.   MARVIN  UNDERWOOD— Attorney, 

17th  floor,  Candler  Building,  Atlanta- 
Mr.  WALTER  B.  HILL— Special  Supervisor 
Rural  Schools,  Room  103,  State  Capitol, 
Atlanta. 


Mr.  B.  G.  ALEXANDER— International   Com- 
mittee Y.  M.  G  A.,  1612  Candler  Build- 
ing, Atlanta- 
Mrs.    LUKE    JOHNSON— Member      Woman's 
Continuation    Committee,    Griffn. 

Mrs.  ARCHIBALD  DAVIS— Member  Wom- 
an's Continuation  Committee,  1220 
Peachtree  Road,  Atlanta. 

Mrs.  ZENO  I.  FITZPATRICK— Member 
Woman's  Continuation  Committee, 
Madison. 

Mr-  THOMAS  JOHNSON— State  Secretary 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  1728  Candler  Building,  At- 
lanta. 

Dr.  JOHN  HOPE— President  Mo'rehouse  Col- 
lege, Atlanta- 

KENTUCKY 

Dr.  JOHN  H.  LITTLE— Minister  and  Head 
Presbyterian  Colored  Missions,  540  Ro'se- 
land,  Louisville. 

Dr.  HENRY  H.  SWEETS— Secretary  Com- 
mittee on  Christian  Education  and  Min- 
isterial Relief,  Southern  Presbyterian 
Church,  410  Urban    Building,   Louisville. 

Mr.  P.  C.  DIX— State  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
345   Association    Building,    Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

Dr.  GEORGE  D.  BOOTH— State  Secretary 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  634  Maison-Blanche  Annex 
New   Orleane- 

BishCp  R.  E.  JONES— Bishop  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  631  Baronne 
Street,  New  Orleans. 

MISSISSIPPI 

The    Rt.    Rev.   THEODORE   D.    BRATTON— 

Bishop  of  Mississippi,  Jackson. 
Dr.  C.  W.  CRISLER— Minister,  Jackson- 
BLAKE   W.    GODFREY— State    Secretary    Y. 
M.  C-  A-,  Daniel  Building,  Jackson. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Dr.  WILLIAM  L.  POTEAT— President  Wake 
Forest   College,  Wake   Forest. 

Mrs.  T.  W.  BICKETT— Wife  of  Governor  and 
Member  Wo'man's  Continuation  Com- 
mittee,   Governor's    Mansion,    Raleigth. 

Mr.  J.  WILSON  SMITH— State  Secretary  Y. 
.M.  C.  A.,  Central  Y.  M  C.  A.  Building, 
Charlotte. 

Bishop  GEORGE  W.  CLINTON— Bishop  A. 
M.  E-  (Zion)  Church,  415  North  Myers 
St-,    Charlotte. 

SOUTH    CAROLINA 

Dr    HENRY    NELSON    SNYDER— President 

Wofford    College,    Spartanburg. 
Mr.  G.  CROFT  WILLIAMS— Secretary  Board 

State    Charities,    1008     Palmetto      Bank 

Building,    Columbia. 
Dr.    JOSIAH     MORSE— Professor  University 

of  South  Carolina,  Columbia. 


Mr.  R.  H.  KING — International  Committee  Y. 
M.  C.  A.,  Director  Commission  on  Inter- 
Racial  Co-operation,  1612  Candler  Bldg., 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mr.  T.  B.  LANHAM— State  Secretary  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  Central  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Build;ng,  Co- 
lumbia. 

TENNESSEE 

Dr.  EDWIN  MIMS— Professor  Vanderbilt 
University,  Nashville- 

Mr.  ARCH  TRAWICK— Manufacturer,  Nash- 
ville- 

Dr.  W.  D.  WEATHERFORD— President 
Southern  Association  College,  Nashville. 

Dr.  O.  E.  GODDARD— Secretary  Home  Mis- 
sion   Board,   M.  E.   Church,  Nashville. 

Mrs.  W.  D.  WEATHERFORD— Member 
Woman's  Continuation  Committee, 
Nashville- 
Mr.  A.  B.  RICHARDSON— State  Secretary  Y. 
M.  C,  A.,  206.209  Association  Building, 
Nashville. 

Dr.  ISAAC  FISHER— Editor  Fisk  University 
News,    Nashville- 

TEXAS 

Mr  L-  A.  COULTER— State  Secretary  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  611  Sumter  Building,  Dallas- 

Mr.  R.  L.  SMITH— Banker,  817  North  Fourth 
Street,  Waco. 

VIRGINIA 

Dr.  R.  E.  BLACKWELL— President  Randolph- 
Macon    College,    Ashland. 

Dr.  J.  H.  DILLARD— President  The  John  F. 
Slater    Fund,    Box    418,    Charlottesville. 

Mr.  JACKSON  DAVIS— General  Field  Agent 
General  Education  Board,  808  Chamber 
of   Commerce    Building,    Richmond. 

HOMER  L.  FERGUSON— Manufacturer,  New- 
port   News- 

Dr.  JOHN  M.  GANDY— President  Petersburg 
Normal  and  Industrial  Institute,  Peters- 
burg. 

Dr.  S.  C.  MITCHELL— Richmond  College, 
Richmond. 

NEW  YORK 

Dr.  THOMAS  JESSE  JONES— Phelps-Stokes 
Fund,  85  Madison  Avenue,  New  York 
City.    • 


FOREWORD 


In  the  beginning  of  the  year  1920  the  women 
of  one  of  the  large  denominations  of  the  South 
became  convinced  that  the  existing  racial  situa- 
tions in  the  South  were  a  challenge  to  Chris- 
tian faith,  and  also  an  opportunity  "to  show 
to  the  whole  world  the  power  of  Christianity  to 
settle  racial  differences  and  to  meet  inter- 
racial crises  everywhere.'' " 

They,  therefore,  created  a  commission  for  the 
purpose  of  "STUDYING  THE  WHOLE 
QUESTION  OF  RACE  RELATIONSHIPS, 
THE  NEEDS  OF  NEGRO  WOMEN  AND 
CHILDREN  AND  THE  METHODS  OF  CO- 
OPERATION BY  WHICH  BETTER  CONDI- 
TIONS MIGHT  BE  BROUGHT  ABOUT." 

This  commission  began  its  operation  by  seek- 
ing to  know  something  of  the  attitude  and 
thinking  of  the  leaders  of  Negro  women  of  the 
South.  An  unusual  opportunity  for  doing  this 
was  afforded  them  in  the  meeting  of  the  bi- 
ennal  session  of  the  National  Colored  Women's 
Clubs  in  Tuskegee  Ala.,  July,  1920.  In  that 
body  of  800  Negro  women  they  found  orators, 
writers,  poets,  artists,  business  women,  teach- 
ers, secretaries,  lawyers,  bankers,  etc.  As  they 
listened  to  the  addresses  and  debates  and  wit- 
nessed the  splendid  executive  ability  of  those 
educated  Negro  women  they  realized  that  in 
that  body  was  massed  a  potential  power  of 
which  they  had  little  dreamed. 

Before  going  to  Tuskegee  a  group  of  these 
Negro  women  had  been  asked  to  remain  after 
the  close  of  their  bienniel  session  for  a  day's 
conference  with  the  representatives  of  the 
white  denominational  commission.  This  con- 
ference was  held.  The  whole  discussion  was 
approached  in  a  Christian  spirit;  and,  as  a 
consequence,  there  was  a  frankness  of  speech 
and  confidence  which  could  not  have  come  in 
any  other  way. 

When  this  conference  was  reported  to  the 
commission  on  Inter-Racial  Co-operation  this 
organization  offered  to  finance  a  meeting  which 
should  be  composed  of  the  official  leaders  of 
all  the  denominations  and  Christian  agencies 
of  women  in  the  South,  that  the  great  oppor- 
tunity for  Southern  women  to  have  a  larger  part 
in  bringing  in  better  understanding  between 
the  races  might  be  brought  to  their  attention. 

This  conference  was  held  in  Memphis,  Tenn-, 
October  6-7,  1920,  and  was  attended  by  lead- 
ers of  women's  organizations  from  all  South- 
ern States. 

The  following  Negro  women  were  invited  to 
attend  and  speak  to  the  conference :  Mrs.  Booker 
T.  Washington,  Mrs.  R.  R-  Moton,  Mrs.  Geo. 
E.  Haynes  and  Mrs.  Charlotte  Hawkins  Brown- 
They  spoke  of:  "What  It  Means  To  Be  a  Ne- 

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gro,"  ''The  Negro  In  His  Home"  and  "The 
Bifficulties  of  the  Daily  Life  of  the  Negro 
Peoples." 

The  Negro  women  whose  advice  had  been 
sought  at  Tuskegee  had  been  requested  to  pre- 
pare a  paper  setting  forth  the  things  which 
they  considered  responsible  for  some  of  the 
unhappy  conditions  of  the  day.  This  they  did 
in  a  statesmanlike  paper  of  broad  Christian 
spirit.  With  this  and  the  addresses  of  the  two 
days'  conference  as  a  basis,  the  Committee  on 
Findings  made  a  report  which  was  unani- 
mously adopted. 


REPORT   OF   FINDINGS   OF   COMMITTEE 
WOMEN'S   INTER-RACIAL  CONFER- 
ENCE. 

We,  a  company  of  Southern  white  women, 
in  conference  assembled  on  the  invitation  of 
the  Commission  on  Inter-Racial  Co-operation, 
find  ourselves  with  a  deep  sense  of  responsi- 
bility to  the  womanhood  and  childhood  of  the 
Negro  race  and  also  with  a  great  desire  for  a 
Christian  settlement  of  the  problems  that  over- 
shadow the  homes  of  both  races. 

We  recognize  and  deplore  the  fact  that  there 
is  friction  between  the  races.  But  we  believe 
that  this  can  largely  be  removed  by  the  exercise 
of  justice,  consideration  and  sympathetic  co- 
operation. 

In  order  that  the  results  of  this  conference 
may  be  perpetuated  and  enlarged,  we  recom- 
mend: 

SECTION    I— CO-OPERATION. 

1.     CONTINUATION  COMMITTEE. 

a-  That  a  continuation  committee  be  ap- 
pointed to  devise  ways  and  means  for  carry- 
ing out  the  work  considered  by  this  conference. 

b.  That  this  committee  be  composed  of  one 
woman  from  each  denomination  and  Christian 
agency  here  represented  and  that  it  be  em- 
powered to  add  to  its  membership  as  may  seem 
necessary. 

c.  That  each  local  community  form  a  Wom- 
an's Inter-Racial  Committee  which  may  include 
representatives  from  all  religious,  civic  and  so- 
cial service  bodies  working  in  the  community, 
and  that  this  Continuation  Committee  recom- 
mend plans  bjr  which  this  may  be  accom- 
plished. 

SECTION  II.— CONSTRUCTIVE  MEAS- 
URES. 

Desiring  that  everything  which  hinders  the 
establishment  of  confidence,  peace,  justice  and 
righteousness  in  our  land  shall  be  removed,  in 
order  that  there  shall  be  better  understanding 
and  good  will  in  our  midst,  we  call  attention 


to  the  following  points  as  possible  causes  of 
friction,  which  if  corrected  may  go  far  toward 
creating  a  better  atmosphere  and  bringing  in  a 
better  day : 

1.  DOMESTIC  SERVICE. 

We  acknowledge  our  responsibility  for  the 
protection  of  the  Negro  women  and  girls  in 
our  homes  and  on  the  streets.  We,  therefore, 
recommend : 

That  domestic  service  be  recognized  as  an  oc- 
cupation and  that  we  seek  to  co-ordinate  it  with 
other  world  service  in  order  that  a  better  rela- 
tion may  be  established  for  both  employer  and 
employee. 

2.  CHILD  WELFARE. 

We  are  persuaded  that  the  conservation  of 
the  life  and  health  of  Negro  children  is  of  the 
utmost  inportance  to  the  community.  We 
therefore,  urge: 

a.  That  day  nurseries  and  kindergartens  be 
established  in  local  communities  for  the  pro- 
tection, care  and  training  of  children  of  the 
Negro  mothers  who  go  out  to  work. 

b.  That  free  baby  clinics  be  established, 
and  that  Government  leaflets  on  child  welfare 
be  distributed  to  expectant  mothers,  thus  teach- 
ing the  proper  care  of  themselves  and  their 
children. 

c.  That  adequate  play  gi'ounds  and  recrea- 
tional facilities  be  established  for  negro  chil- 
dren and  young  people. 

3.  SANITATION  AND  HOUSING. 

Since  good  housing  and  proper  sanitation 
are  necessary  for  both  physical  and  moral  life, 
we  recommend : 

That  a  survey  of  housing  and  sanitary  condi- 
tions be  made  in  the  Negro  sections  in  each 
local  community,  followed  by  an  appeal  to  the 
proper  authorities  for  improvements  when 
needed. 

4.  EDUCATION. 

a.  Since  sacredness  of  personality  is  the 
basis  for  all  civilization,  we  urge : 

That  every  agency  touching  the  child  life  of 
the  nation  shall  strive  to  create  mutual  respect 
in  the  hearts  of  the  children  of  different  races. 

b.  We  are  convinced  that  the  establishment 
of  a  single  standard  of  morals  for  men  and 
women,  both  black  and  white,  is  necessary  for 
the  life  and  safety  of  a  nation.  We,  therefore, 
pledge  ourselves  to  strive  to  secure  respect  and 
protection  for  womanhood  everywhere,  regard- 
less of  race  or  color. 

c.  Since     provision     for    the     education  of 
Negro   children  is   still  inadequate,   we  recom- 
mend- 
That  surveys  be  made  of  the  ciucational  sit- 


uation   in   the   local   community   in   order  that 
colored  children  may  secure — 

(1)  More  equitable  division  of  the  school 
fund. 

(2)  Suitable  school  buildings  and  equip- 
ment- 

(3)  Longer  school  terms. 

(4)  Higher  standards  and  increased  pay 
for  teachers. 

5.     TRAVEL. 

Since  colored  people  frequently  do  not  re- 
ceive fair  treatment  on  street  cars,  on  railroads 
and  in  railway  stations,  and  recognizing  this 
as  one  of  the  chief  causes  of  friction  between 
the  races,  we  urge: 

That  immediate  steps  be  taken  to  provide 
for  them  adequate  accommodations  and  courte- 
ous treatment  at  the  hands  of  street  ear  and 
railway  officials. 

6-     LYNCHING. 

a.  As  women  we  urge  those  who  are  charged 
with  the  administration  of  the  law  to  prevent 
lynchings  at  any  cost.  We  are  persuaded  that 
the  proper  determination  on  the  part  of  the 
constituted  officials,  upheld  by  public  senti- 
ment, would  result  in  the  detection  and  prose- 
cution of  those  guilty  of  this  crime.  There- 
fore, we  pledge  ourselves  to  endeavor  to  create 
a  public  sentiment  which  will  uphold  these  of- 
ficials in  the  execution  of  justice. 

7.  JUSTICE  IN  THE  COURTS- 
We  recommend : 

That  our  women  everywhere  raise  their 
voices  against  all  acts  of  violence  to  property 
and  person,  wherever  and  for  whatever  cause 
occurring. 

We  further  recommend: 

That  competent  legal  assistance  be  made 
available  for  colored  people  in  the  local  com- 
munities in  order  to  insure  to  them  the  protec- 
tion of  their  rights  in  the  courts. 

8.  PUBLIC  PRESS. 

Since  the  public  press  often  gives  undue 
prominence  to  the  criminal  element  among  the 
Negroes,  and  neglects  the  worthy  and  construc- 
tive efforts  of  law-abiding  Negro  citizens,  we 
pledge  ourselves  to  co-operate  with  the  men's 
committees  in  endeavoring  to  correct  this  in- 
justice and  to  create  a  fair  attitude  to  Negroes 
and  Negro  news- 

9.  APPRECIATION. 

We  express  our  appreciation  and  hearty  ap- 
proval of  the  work  which  is  being  done  by  the 
Commission  on  Inter-Racial  Co-operation,  and 
particularly  their  co-operation  in  making  pos- 
sible this  conference.  We  express  ourselves  as 
ready   to   assume  whatever   form   of   responsi- 

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bility  we  as  women  should  share  in  carrying 
out  the  general  program  of  the  Inter-Racial 
Commission. 

Mrs.  ARCHIBALD  DAVIS,  Chairman- 

Mrs.  T.  W.  BICKETT, 

Miss  BELLE  H.  BENNETT, 

Mrs-  ARCH   TRAWICK, 

Mrs.  A.  T.  ROBERTSON, 

Mrs.  M.  ASHBY  JONES, 

Mrs-   H.   I,   SCHMELZ, 

Mrs.  THEODORE  D.  BRATTONT. 

Committee. 


SUGGESTIONS  FOR  INTER-RACIAL  COM- 
MITTEES  IN  WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 
SOCIETIES    AND    OTHER    CHRIS- 
TIAN AGENCIES. 

An  Inter-Racial  Committee  in  every  Chris- 
tian organization  of  women  can  be  a  potent 
factor  in  the  community  in  bringing  about 
better  understandings,  relations  and  conditions. 
Therefore,  in  accordance  with  Item  C,  Section 
I,  of  the  Findings  Report,  the  Continuation 
Committee  recommends. 

That  each  general  or  national  organization 
willing  to  co-operate  in  the  work  of  the  Com- 
mission on  Inter-Racial  Co-operation,  provide 
a  plan  for  its  constituency  by  which  each  local 
society  or  auxiliary  may  take  part  in  the  inter- 
racial program,  both  within  the  local  organiza- 
tion and  in  co-operation  with  other  agencies 
in  the  community. 

To  this  end,  the  committee  further  recom- 
mends: 

That  such  plans  shall  provide  for  an  addi- 
tional committee  in  the  local  society  to  be 
known  as  ''The  Inter-Racial  Committtee" 
(preferably  three),  who  should  be  chospn  be- 
cause of  their  special  fitness  for  the  work.  It 
should  be  the  duty   of  this   committee-  - 

1.  To  seek  a  knowledge  of  the  Negro  lead- 
ers among  the  women  cf  the  community,  that 
a  sympathetic  basis  of  co-operation  may  be 
established. 

2.  To  direct  a  study  of  Negro  community 
life  in  matters  of  housing,  sanitation,  neigh- 
borhood conditions,  and  thp  needs  of  Negro 
women  fnd  chi.'drjn. 

3.  To  adopt  methods  of  co-operation  with 
other  agencies  and  with  colored  women,  so  that 
a  constructive  program  of  community  better- 
ment may  be   accomplished. 

4.  To  lead  the  society  in  a  study  of  Negro 
achievement  in  literature,  poetry,  music,  art 
and  other  lines  of  endeavor,  that  there  may  be 
a  sympathetic  appreciation  of  the  Negro's  con- 
tribution to  American  life  in  these  lines. 

5.  To  represent  the  society  in  any  local 
co-operative  work  that  may  be  undertaken  in 


the  community,  and  to  have  membership  in 
Community  Inter-Racial  Committees  when  or- 
ganized. 


STATE  AND  COMMUNITY  COMMITTEES 

That  there  may  be  the  closest  affiliation  be- 
tween the  work  of  the  Commission  on  Inter- 
Racial  Co-operation  and  the  work  of  the 
women's  organizations,  the  Continuation  Com- 
mittee recommends : 

1-  That  women  be  added  to  the  State  com- 
mittees organized  by  the  Commission  on  Inter- 
Raeial  Co-operation,  and  that  they  further 
constitute  a  Committee  on  Woman's  Activities. 

2.  That  a  Woman's  Community  Committee 
be  formed  in  towns,  cities  and  communities 
where  practicable — .the  membership  to  consist 
of  "The  Inter-Racial  Committees"  of  the  dif- 
ferent denominations  and  agencies  outlined  in 
the  "Suggestions' '  for  denominational  and  other 
Christian  agencies. 

3.  That  a  Woman's  Inter-Racial  Community 
Committee  may  be  formed  on  the  initiative  of 
any  denominational  or  other  agency  committee, 
or  of  the  State  or  general  commission.  Some 
renresentative  of  the  State  or  general  com- 
mission should  be  invited  to  be  present  at  the 
organization  and  present  the  plans  and  pur- 
jDoses  of  the  commission-  The  organization 
should  be  perfected  by  the  election  of  at  least 
a  chairman  and  secretary,  and  a  simple  outline 
of  work  adopted.  This  committee  should  be  a 
part  of  the  men's  Community  Committee,  and 
should  also  constitute  a  committee  on  woman's 
activities. 


CONTINUATION    COMMITTEE 

M.  E.  Church,  South— Mrs.  LUKE  JOHNSON, 
Chairman,  Griffin,  Ga. 

Baptist,  South— Mrs.  J.  G.  JACKSON,  Little 
Rock,  Ark. 

Presbyterian,  South— Mrs.  ARCHIBALD  DA- 
VIS,  Atlanta,   Ga. 

Episcopal  Church— Mrs.  T.  W.  BICKETT,  Ra- 
leigh,  N.   C. 

Christian  Church— Mrs.  J.  H.  CRANFORD, 
Jasper,  Ala. 

Y.  W.  C  A.— Mrs.  W.  D.  WEATHERFORD, 
Nashville,   Tenn. 

Woman's  Club— Mrs  Z.  I.  FITZPATRICK, 
Madisota,  Ga. 

(These  women  were  elected  at  Memphis 
to  represent  the  different  agencies  for  an  im- 
mediate conservation  and  beginning  of  the 
work — until  such  time  as  the  official  bodies 
in  regular  session  should  ratify  or  elect  their 
representatives). 

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The  following  were  present  at  the  Woman's 
Inter-Racial  Conference  held  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  October  6-7,  1920: 

ALABAMA 

Mrs.  J.  H.  CRANFORD— Jasper,  Disciples. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  CUMMING— Florence,  M.  E. 
Church,  South. 

Mrs.  T.  J.  HAYES— Andalusia,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  W.  E.  HINDS— Auburn,  Presbyterian, 
U.  S. 

Mrs.  R.  L.  HOLDY— Union  Springs,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.    OSCAR    REINHART— Birmingham,    M. 

E.  Church,  South- 
Mrs.  J.  G.  SNEDECOR— Tuscaloosa,  Presby- 
terian,  U.   S. 

ARKANSAS 

Mrs.  CLIO   HARPER— Little   Rock,  Disciples. 
Mrs.    PRESTON    HATCHER— Jonesboro-,    M. 

E.  Church,  So'uth. 
Mrs.  J.  G.  JACKSON— Little  Rock,  Baptist. 
Mrs.    S.    S.    SMITH— Conway,    M.    E.    Church, 

South. 
Mrs.   F.   M-  WILLIAMS,  Hot   Springs    M.   E. 

Church,   South. 

FLORIDA 

Mrs.  J.  M.  GROSS— Miami,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

GEORGIA 

Mrs.  L.  S.  ARRINGTON— Augusta,  M.  E. 
Church,    South,    and    Woman's    Club. 

Miss  DAISY  DAVIES— Atlanta,  Chairman 
Methodist  Polish  Relief. 

Mrs.  ARCHIBALD  DAVL5— Atlanta,  Presi- 
dent Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Presbyterian,  U  S. 

Miss  MARY  DICKINSON— Atlatit  i,  Educa- 
tional Secretary  Atlamta  Amti-Tubercu- 
iosis  Association. 

Mrs.  C.  N.  DOWNEY— Atlanta,  Disciples, 
Territorial   Secretary. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  HAMMOND— Madison,  Southern 
Publicity    Committee. 

Mrs.  CHARLES  C.  HINTON— Macon,  M.  E. 
Church,  South. 

Mrs.  LUKE  JOHNSON— Griffin,  Board  of 
Missions,  M.  E.  Church,  South ;  Chair- 
man   Inter-Racial    Commission. 

Mrs.  ASHBY  JONES— Atlanta,  Baptist. 

Mrs.  J.  N.  McEACHERN— Atlanta,  Secretary 
North  Georgia  Conference  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  W.  M.  ROWLAND— Augusta,  Presby- 
terian, U.  S.,  President  Georgia  Synodi- 
ea.1. 

KENTUCKY 

Miss  BELLE  H.  BENNETT— Richmond,  Pres- 
ident Woman's  Missionary  Council,  M. 
E.  Church,  South. 

Miss  JULIA  DURHAM— Danville,  M.  E. 
Church,  South. 

Mrs.  R.  P.  MOODY— Maysville,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  W.  J.  PIGGOTT— Irvington,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

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Mrs.  JAMES  C.  RAWLINGS— Henderson,  M. 
E.  Church,  South. 

Mrs.  A.  T.  ROBERTSON— Louisville,  Baptist. 

LOUISIANA 

Mrs.  W.  W.  HOLMES— Lake  Charles,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.  C  F-  NEIBERGALL— New  Orleans,  M. 
E.  Church,   South. 

MISSISSIPPI 

Mrs.  C.  H.  ALEXANDER— Jackson,  Y.  W. 
C.   A.,  Presbyterian. 

Mrs.  L.  W.  ALFORD— McComb,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.    THEODORE    D.    BRATTON— Jackson, 

Episcopal. 

Mrs.  B.  F.  LEWIS— Jacksota,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  FRED  O'BANNON— Greenville,  Disci- 
ples— State    President. 

Mrs.  W.  V.  PITTMAN— Sunflower,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

NORTH    CAROLINA 

Mrs.  T.  W.  BICKETT— Raleigh,  Member  Na- 
tional Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Episcopal. 

Mrs-.  HARVEY  BONEY— Rose  Hill,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.  H.  A.  DUNHAM— Asheville,  M.  E- 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.  W.  A.  NEWELL— Statesville,  M.  E. 
Church,  South;  superintendent  of  Social 
Service  Woman's    Missionary   Council. 

Mrs.  F.  L.  SILER— Franklin,  M  E.  Church, 
SttHth. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  WADDELL— Wilmington,  Episco- 
pal Field  Secretary  Diocese  o'f  North 
Carolina. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Mrs.  L.  E.  BROWN— Chester,  M.     E.    Church, 

South. 
Mrs.  S.  W.  HENRY— St.  George,  M.  E.  Church, 

South. 
Mrs.    R.    L.    KIRKWOOD— Bennettesville,    M. 

E.   Church,   South. 
Mrs.     G     D-     STANLEY— Columbia,    M.    E. 

Church,   South. 
Mrs.    SAMUEL    G    STONEY— Charleston— Y. 
W.   C.  A.,  Presbyterian,  U.  S. 

TENNESSEE 

Deaconess  ROSA  BREEDEN— Nashville,  M. 
E.   Church,  South. 

Miss  LULA  CRIM — Memphis,  Department  of 
Negro  Education,  Shelby  County  Public 
Schools. 

Miss  MARY  DEBARDELEBEN— Nashville. 
Educational  Department  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Council,  M.  E.  Church,  South. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  DOWNS— Nashville,  Secretary 
Board  of  Missions  and  of  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Council   M.  E.  Church,  South. 

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Miss  ESTELLE  HASKIN— Nashville,  Educa- 
tiona.l  Secretary  Woman's  Missionary 
Council,  M.  E.  Church,  South. 

Miss  MABLE  K.  HOWARD— Nashville,  Sec- 
retary Board  of  Missions  and  of  Wom- 
an's Missionary  Council  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  CHARLES  S.  KINKEAD— Nashville, 
Presbyterian,  U.  S.;  President  Tennes- 
see   Synodical. 

Mrs.  B.  W.  LIPSCOMB— Nashville,  Home 
Base  Secretary  Woman's  Missionary 
Council,  M.  E.  Church,  South. 

Mrs.  W.  L.  MORRISON— Nashville,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  NICHOLS— Jackson,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  PERRY — Fountain  City,  Superin- 
tendent Young  People's  Work  Woman's 
Missionary  Council  M.  E.  Church,  South 

Mrs.  A.  B.  SMITH— Nashville,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  ARCH  TRAWICK— Nashville,  General 
Secretary  Y.  W.  C  A. 

Mrs.  JAMES  M.  TRIMBLE— Chattanooga,  M. 

E.  Church,  South. 
Mrs.     W.     D.     WEATHERFORD— Nashville, 

Chairman      Colored      Committee    Y.    W. 

C.  A. 

OKLAHOMA 

Mrs.  J.  A.  MERCER— Oklahoma  City,    M.     E. 

Church,  South. 
Mrs.     L.     A.     SANDERS— Chickasha,     M.     E. 

Church,   South. 

TEXAS 

Mrs.  J.   W.  ASKEW— Carrizo   Springs,   M.   E. 

Church,  South. 
Mrs.    F.    M.    BURKHEAD— Houston      M.      E. 

Church,  South. 
Mrs.     E.     L.     BURTON— McKinney,     M.     E. 

Church,   South. 

Mrs.  J.  T.  CURRY— San  Anto'nio,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.  CHRIS  G.  DULLING— San  Antonio, 
Presbyterian,  U.  S.  President  Texas 
Synodical. 

Miss  ALTHEA  JONES— Houston,  Superin- 
tendent Children's  Work,  M..  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  L.  P.  SMITH— Dallas,  M.  E.  Church, 
South,  Inter-Racial   Commission. 

Mrs.     JOHN     S.     TURNER— Dallas,     M.     E. 

Church,  South. 
Mrs.  E.  P.  WILLIAMS— Dublin,  M.  E.  Church, 

South. 

VIRGINA 

Mrs.    LEE    BRITT— Suffolk,    M.     E.     Church, 

South. 
Mrs.  R.  H.  POTTS— Richmond,  M.  E.  Church, 

South. 

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Miss    MARY   F.    POWERS— Bayard,      M.     E. 
Church,   South. 

Mrs.  H.  L.  SCHMELZ— Hampton,  Presby- 
terian, U.  S. 

MISSOURI 

Deaconess    MARY    ORA    DURHAM— Kansas 

City,   M.    E.   Church,   South,   Department 
Sociology,    Scarrett    Schoo'l    of    Missions. 
Mrs.  J.  C.  HANDY— St.  Louis,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  S.  W.  HAYNE— Hannibal,  M.  E.  Church, 
South. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  HOSKINS— St.  Louis,  Chairman 
Colored  Work  of  South  Central  Field 
Committee  of  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

Mrs.  FRED  A.  LAMB— Kansas  City,  M.  E. 
Church,  South. 

Mrs.  JEPTHA  RIGGS— Cape  Girardeau,  M. 
E.  Church,  South. 

Mrs.  JOSEPHINE  M.  STEARNS— St.  Louis, 
Educatienal  Secretary  Disciples  United 
Christian    Missionary    Society. 

Mrs.   J.  W.  TANGUARY— Shelbyville,   M.   E. 

Church,   South. 
Mrs.  V.  C.  WHITFIELD— Pearl,  M.  E.  Church, 

South. 

MARYLAND 

Miss  EMMA  V.  PEPPLER— Baltimore,  M.  E. 
Church,   South. 

WEST   VIRGINIA 

Miss  FRANCES  STERRETT— Henderson,  M. 
E.  Church,  South. 


WORDS    OF    APPRECIATION. 

"V>'e    are     never     going     to     progress     until    the 
women    see    this    question    fare    to    faoe.      That    was 
the   one   thing   I   had    almost    despaired    of   until    the 
Memphis    meeting.      1     had     hoped     that    we    might 
make   some   little   dent  on   this   problem    in   this  gen- 
eration,   and    leave   the    conversion    of    the   women    to 
our    children    and    our    children's    children.      I    think 
I  had  just  as  well  be  frank  and  say,  I  have  learned 
again    what   I    have    often    learned    before,    that   I   do 
not  know   the   depth   of  a   woman's   heart." 
JOHN    J.    EAGAN,    Chairman, 
Commission    on    Inter-Racial    Co-operation. 
((Spoken   to   the   members   of   the   Continua- 
tion  Committee  in    their   first   meeting.) 


"The  Memphis  Woman's  Inter-Racial  Conference 
in  its  deliverance  will  do  more  to  bring  the  woman- 
hood of  the  South  into  active  service  in  behalf  of 
tie  r.ice  than  any  other  yet  held.  Tfieir  findings 
are  worthy  of  permanent  record."  *  *  *  "As  this 
group  of  representative  women  pledge  their  hearty 
approval  and  support  of  the  Comission  oh  Inter- 
Racial  Co-operntion,  its  alliance  appears  to  your 
committee  the  strongest  force  yet  organized  in  the 
nation  in  behalf  of  the  colored   race." 

Extracts  from  the  Quadrennial  Report  of  the 
Commission  on  Nejrro  work  of  the  Federal  Council 
of  Churches  of  Christ  in  America,  made  at  the 
meeting    held    in    Boston,    Mass.,    December,    1920. 


"The  Memphis  Conference  was  a  wonderful  mani- 
festation of  the  desire  of  Southern  Christian  wo- 
men for  mutual  helpfulness  in  adjusting  race  re- 
lations." 

MRS.    T.    W.    BICKETT, 

Raleigh,  N.  C. 

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"I  believe  the  Memphis  Conference  to  be  one  of 
farreaching  influence.  I  look  upon  it  as  the  dawn 
of  a  new  day  in  the  Inter-Ra"cial  problems  that 
affect   womanhood." 

MRS.    ARCHIBALD    DAVIS, 
President,   Y.  W.  C.   A.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

"The  Memphis  meeting— composed  of  women 
prominent  in  church  and  social  life — met  to  con- 
sider justice,  judgment  and  righteousness  for  the 
Negro  was  a  great  event.  It  will  long  be  remem- 
bered by  those  who  had  the  privilege  of  being 
there"  BELLE  H.  BENNETT,  LL.D. 

"The  Conference  was  of  the  utmost  value  to  us, 
because  it  showed  us  not  only  what  the  Negro  is 
doing  for  himself,  but  what  he  is  thinking  of  our 
way   of  dealing  with   him." 

MRS.    A.    T.    ROBERTSON, 

Louisville,    Ky. 

"*   *  that  wonderfully   inspiring  meeting!     It   has 
meant  a    great   deal   to   me   and    I   hope   to   do   what 
I   can   to   give   the  vision   to   others." 
MRS.    T.    D.    BRATTON, 

Woman's   Aux. — Episcopal   Church,    Jackson,    Miss. 


"The  Conference  gave  one  a  better  understanding 
of  the  Negro  mind,  and  a  deeper  appreciation  of 
the  patience  of  the  better  class  of  the  race  when 
they   have  not  had   a   square  deal." 

MRS.    J.    G.    JACKSON, 

Corresponding   .Secretary    W.    M.    Union — 

Arkansas   Baptist   Church. 

"I  have  never  attended  a  conference  or  conven- 
tion more  significant  in  its  scope  and  spirit  than 
the  Memphis  Conference.  It  is  a  source  of  encour- 
agement to  know  that  people  are  alert  to  the  issues 
involved  in  this  issue,  and  that  they  are  facing 
them   in    the   spirit  of  Christ." 

MRS.    J.    M.    STEARNS, 

Secretary    United    Christian    Missionary 

Society,    Disciples    of    Christ. 


"Let  me  say  how  I  appreciate  the  great  privilege 
of  being  at  that  Conference.  It  was  a  great  meet- 
ing." 

MRS.    J.    W.    PERRY, 

.Superintendent    Young    People's    Work, 

Woman's   Missionary   Council,    M.    E. 

Church,   South. 


"I  am  grateful  for  a  new  view-point.  I  shall 
go  back  to  my  work  better  prepared  and  with  a 
new  vision." 

MRS.    J.    M.    HOSKIN, 

Chairman   Colored   Work,   South   Central 

Field,  National  Y.  W.  C.  A. 


"I  cannot  express  the  appreciation  I  feel  for  tie 
opportunity  of  the  Memphis  meeting.  Of  all  the 
conferences  and  meetings,  frem  kindergarten  to 
university,  there  never  was  one  in  my  long  and 
varied  career  that  seems  to  me  to  have  casried  any 
greater   moment   than   the   Memphis    meeting." 

MRS.  W.  A.   NEWELL, 

Social    Servioe   Superintendent   W.    M.   C, 

M.    E.    Church,    South. 


"It  is  my  conviction  that  sentiment  was  created 
at  Memphis  which  will  mean  much  in  solving  our 
problems  in  the  South.  The  meeting  was  a  revela- 
tion to  me." 

MRS.    E.    P.   WILLIAMS, 
Corresponding    Secretary    Central   Texas 
Conference,   M.   E.   Church,    South. 


"If  nothing  results  other  than  the  meeting  itself, 
it  would  be  worth  much,  for  no  woman  who  was 
there  can  have  quite  the  same  attitude  toward  the 
Negro    hereafter." 

MRS.    W.    D.    WEATHERFORD, 
Chairman,  Colored  Committee,  Y.  W.  C.  A., 
Nashville,    Tenn. 
"I    appreciate    the    opportunity    afforded     by    the 

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Memphis    Conference    to    get    a    proper    focus    on    a 

^nUr?,/-0n  *  ^nf  *iave  studied.  To  realize  wrong 
conditions  and  to  feel  that  they  are  imbedded  in  I 
system  which  encases  you,  is  to  feel  impotent.  Tha 
SJ18  feting  gave  me  a  clue  and  point  of 
contact,  and  I  am  grateful." 

MRS.    C.    H.    ALEXANDER, 

1.    W.    C.    A.,    Jackson,    Miss. 

"The    Memphis    Conference    was    one    of    the    moat 
spiritual    as    well    as    far-reaching    meetings    I  ™ve 
attended.     I   trust  our  women  stand  ready   to  do 
in    their    power    to    help." 

MRS.    S.    G.    DULLING, 

President    Texas    Synodical, 

Presbyterian   Church,    San  Antonio,   T«xi 

"I    trust    the    Memphis    Conference — which    was 
well    worth    while — may    bring    forth    matured    pis 
looking    toward    a    better   racial    adjustment " 
MRS.    A.    M.    WADDELL, 
Field    Secretary,    Woman's    Auxiliary, 
Diocese   of    North    Carolina. 

"I    believe   a   really    great   constructive   educatioi 
movement  has  begun." 

MRS.    ARCH    TRAWICK, 

Secretary    Y.    W.    C.    A.,    Nashville,    Tenn. 

"I  can  now  look  at  the  "Negro  problem"  from! 
different  point  of  view  than  in  the  past.  I  can 
from  the  Memphis  Conference  oppressed  with  tij 
seriousness  of  the  problem,  but  believe  that  t$ 
only  way  it  will  ever  be  solved  will  be  througj 
the   Christian    people." 

MRiS.    CHARLES    S.    KINKEAD, 
President   Tennessee  Synodical,   Presby- 
terian,   Nashville,    Tennessee. 


"The  Memphis  Conference  was  helpful  in  }.' 
revelation  of  present  conditions,  and  in  the  det* 
mination  of  those  present  to  more  diligently  pros- 
cute  the  task  of  bringing  about  more  cordial  an 
co-operative  relations  between  the  dominant  racv 
of  the  South.  I  find  the  women  of  our  churches  quit 
responsive   to   this   appeal." 

MRS.   JOHN   S.    TURNER, 
President    North    Texas    Conference, 
M.    E.    Church,    South. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 

I.  GENERAL 

"In    Black    and    White"— Mrs.     J.    D.    Hai 
mond,   Fleming  Rovell. 

"Following    the    Color    Line" — Ray    Stannai 
Baker,    Doubleday,    Page   &   Company. 
"Finding   A    Way    Out"— R.    R.    Moton,    Dou- 
bleday,   Page    &   Company. 
"The     Story    of    the    Negro" — Two    volume? 
Booker    T.    Washington,    Doubleday,    Page   & 
Company. 

"Negro  Life  in  the  South" — W.  D.  Weather- 
ford,    Associated    Press. 

II.  PERSONAL   GLIMPSES 

"Up    from    Slavery" — Booker    T.    Washington, 
Doubleday,   Page  &  Company. 
"The  Quest  of  the  Silver  Fleece" — Horace  M. 
DuBois,  A.  C.  McClurg  &  Company,  Chicago. 

III.  IN    LITERATURE 

"The    Negro    in    Literature    and    Art" — Ben- 
jamin Brawley,  Duffield  &  Company. 
"The    Voice    of    the    Negro" — Robert    Karlln, 
Rovell. 

"Life  and  Works  of  Pawl  Lawrence  Dun- 
bar"— L.  K.  Wiggin,  Nichols  &  Company, 
Napervillo,   111. 

"Lyrics  of  Lowly  Life" — Paul  Lawrence 
Dunbar,    Rovell. 

"Poems  of  Cabin  and  Field" — Paul  Lawren-e 
Dunbar,    Podd,    Mead    &   Company. 

IV.  PRESENT    DAY    PROBLEMS 

"The  Chicago  Race  Riots" — Carl  Sandburg, 
Harcourt,    Brace    &   Howe. 

"The  Negro  Migrations  During  the  War" — 
Emmett  J.  iScott,  Oxford  University  Press, 
New   York    City. 

"The  Negro  Faces  America"  —  Herbert  J. 
Selignian,    Harpers. 

V.  MAGAZINES 

"The    Southern    Workman" — Hampton,    Va. 
"The  Crisis"— New   York   City,   N.   Y. 


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